Industrial Hygiene Technician

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Fort Polk, Louisiana. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education/experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting and/or assisting with health hazard inspections; evaluating potential health hazards to recommend mitigating courses of action; and training employees in safety or occupational health subjects.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-8).

OR Education: Two years of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Safety, Physics, Engineering, Biological Science, Physical Science or Environmental Hazards.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total semester hours minus 18) by 9. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Perform various duties to assess work practices and conditions for hazards to the health and safety of workers.
• Inspect work areas, conducts surveys, analyzes findings and prepares reports.
• Perform sampling using standard methods to establish the nature and degree of hazards and industrial products.
• Conduct surveys and investigations of work operations, identifying and evaluating conditions which may be hazardous to the health or workers.
• Perform respirator fit testing per appropriate standards and guidelines.
• Calibrate industrial hygiene equipment, checking for compliance with existing calibration schedules.